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Preferred term

Arsenic Trioxide  

Type

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Definition

  • An inorganic compound with the chemical formula As2O3 that is used for the treatment of ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA in patients who have relapsed from, or are resistant to, conventional drug therapy. A form of As2O3 that exists as As4O6 in the solid state. It dissociates to As2O3 upon heating to the vapor phase above 800 degrees Celsius.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 1327-53-3 (Arsenic Trioxide)
  • Arsenic(III) Oxide
  • Arsenic Oxide (As2O3)
  • Arsenous Anhydride
  • As2O3
  • Diarsenic Trioxide
  • S7V92P67HO

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  • French

  • 1327-53-3 (Arsenic Trioxide)
  • Anhydride arsénieux
  • Oxyde arsénieux
  • S7V92P67HO
  • Trioxyde de diarsenic

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LN938RMN-X

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